We've been misplaced by society in its unimpeded quest to distract us from our values.
To be normative in society today is to be 5 ft 10,long blond hair, heart-shaped lips, rich, rich, rich and rich!
We are made to believe that these 'qualities' are ought to be aspired. Money has supreme prevalence over us, we can't get out of this but we can curb it. HELPPP!
Hey guys!
I'm sure you're wondering what I've got here today...again! :)
After soo much philosophy...its time to call it over. I've spoken about it in one of my earlier posts...its had a very strong impact on me.
I blogged about the Philosophy of Religion...disproving and proving the existence of God and all that. Believe me that almost made me *tic tic in the head hahaha!
However,since I won't be doing anything Phi-lo-so-phy anymore..woohoo!{not really :(}
I thought to 'gist' you about one of my favorite topics- Virtue Ethics.
I won't go into the philosophical part of it, but basically Virtue Ethics is person rather than action oriented: it looks at the virtue or moral character of the person carrying out an action, rather than at ethical duties and rules, or the consequences of particular actions.
The main difference between the Deontological (Kantian and co) and teleological ethicists (Bentham and co) is that they base their principles on rules. As Kant would posit that some things should never be done, no matter what good consequences they produce. This seems quite reasonable but Virtue Ethics doesn't give people rigid rules on how to be moral. It doesn't just make sense to refer to a scroll on how to live uprightly! Rather,Virtue ethics not only deals with the rightness or wrongness of individual actions, it provides guidance as to the sort of characteristics and behaviours a good lifestyle should include and that a good person should seek to achieve. *better ey ;)
In that way, virtue ethics is concerned with the whole of a person's life, rather than particular episodes or actions.
Now that Ive bored you on that...*yh thanks for nodding...sucker! :(* My point is that we should aim to be virtuous!lol
The things we do and our attitudes to different situations matter. Its truly not all about fast cars, flashing lights and all that. Sometimes we need to slow down on things, re assess our lifestyles and make alterations if necessary. My dad said a few days ago, that my sisters and I should be sensitive to our environment.
I laughed because i thought that was just another reason not to give us more shopping money. Thinking about it now, I totally agree.
You know when you're travelling abroad (to Nigeria for example lol ) and your parents tell you to take those bracelets off, the loops off, the rings off, the necklace-S off...and you're like what the! uhhuh I knew someone else'll be able to relate to that lol!
Believe me, they have their reasons. I used to call it bad-parenting, why are they constantly fluking my style??! Now I really know why. Dont get me wrong I'm not saying we shouldn't wear everything we want and you know-- show off heehee...I'm the wrong person to be telling you that! *Guilty Smile
Virtue has to do with these things also. Ask me why...ok! (you asked for it o).
There is Vice of deficit and vice of excess, where Virtue meets in the middle. it is regarded as the golden mean- where we all should aspire to be. Its not too much, its not too little, its just right. Think of it as Goldilocks and the three Bears story: Papa bear, Mama bear and baby bear's porridge. Too hot, too cold and just right-yum!
We want baby bears porridge in this instance.
For example, Courage as the golden mean....its vice of deficit is Cowardice and its vice of excess-Rashness. What do you want to possess?
I really don't want to sound like I'm giving a lecture or sth...but i don't know how else to make it nice and u know...:( Bear with me, its all a learning curve.
Anyways...I'll stick to my status quo.
Four main cardinal virtues we should possess are : Temperance emmm another word would be moderation, justice, courage and wisdom.Plato, Aristotle,Aquinas and of course- the Stoics considered them to be the basis of moral life.
So guys,just to state my blog-mission statement again lol. its my diary...its the things i like and the things i do not, its the things I'm drawn towards and that which i am not. I really want to get to the Virtuous optimum but it will begin baby steps. I like to see Virtue as behaviour forming...a habitual way of acting. We learn it...we are not born with it! *D'uh! (Nature Vs Nurture debate)
Aristotle says we get happiness (eudaimonia)through virtue (Arete). It is true.
Enjoy the rest of your week and make a conscious effort to put things in order. Not too much...not too little :)
Awwww...I love u guys! You're the only ones who listen to me, no one else does not even my older twin Sheywun (follow her on twitter @itsallaboutseun ). I love her. She's a sane kid...unlike me :( lol x
One Last Thing:...Let not our humour descend to buffoonery or exceed to boorishness.
Yours'
Teetleskittles
